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One phone call I never expected to get was the one I got from my normally cool, collected, do-it-myself husband. The call that went lik...

Today I decided to string some lights on a few trees that would only be seen by us. Not for public admiration, just a little bit of sparkle ...

Last night I went to the ballet. Madame Butterfly was the ballet, Alberta Ballet was the company. The performance was wonderful and the ...

The other day I made one of those super-simple but utterly adorable no-sew tutus for Ysa. It was a fun and easy project made more fun by...

I have just returned from seven perfect days in Vancouver. Perfect because I got to spend the entire long weekend with Jonathon all to mysel...

A sniff away from 10 months old and sweet, sweet, sweet. I love that face. And when he smiles.... the most adorable dimples appear. He ...

Ysa is so much her father's daughter in looks that it was fun to catch this resemblance. Merin is a year older in this photo than ...

Long ago a 15 year old me vowed that I would never color my hair. (I was thinking more in terms of covering grey than of simply having fun w...

Most of the time an air-conditioned house is ridiculous in Calgary. Generally speaking there are only two or three days in our summe...

My sewing room has been temporarily elevated to 'atelier' status. On account of the wedding dresses. One down and one to go, I shoul...

On Sunday evening I feel so .... full. I love the way the family flows together. The way each little family  blends and the lin...

There are some very beautiful pictures of this sweet father and son on Eden's blog today.  Isaac is a solid blend of both his beau...

This is my first born - Jonathon. The list of his amazing qualities is very  long. I am not prioritizing but one of the things that rea...

Excitement is a HUGE part of the Christmas fun. When I was a child I would be so excited that I really could not sleep on Christmas Eve...

Thomas, Hannah, Jane, and Theo are gone - safely and happily settled in their new home. It is so very quiet here now. I have more or less ma...

Sorry. Wasn't going to. Had another look and just had to. Because I think they are so incredibly precious. Theo clearly has no i...

Apropos of nothing, Jane announced at dinner tonight that she does not want to marry Theo. In the silence that followed this announcement, w...

I must confess that I have sadly neglected an area of personal grooming this past year that was previously rarely overlooked and always e...

I love this picture of Merin (taken by her sister  Eden Lang ) - it is how I think of her. Happy, buoyant, graceful, beautiful. How I l...

Today is Thomas's 29th birthday. He is about as middle as one could be in a family - he is the third of five children with both an old...